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Britain in Pictures #17
English Education
Part of the Britain in Pictures series published between 1941 and 1948 in an effort to boost morale and instill pride in a national identity during the war and early post-war years. Over 130 volumes were planned but only 126 actually appeared. The list of authors was an impressive who's who of the literary, political and arts communities of the time.
In this volume of the series, Kenneth Lindsay surveys the whole field of education and its history in England, from nursery schools to the universities, technical colleges, and polytechnics catering for adult students.
In this volume of the series, Kenneth Lindsay surveys the whole field of education and its history in England, from nursery schools to the universities, technical colleges, and polytechnics catering for adult students.
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48 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1941
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August 1, 2021
All books in this series face a monumental task: how to refresh the memories and re-educate the British people as to who they are and where they came from (in fewer than 50 pages). The topics are timeless and deserve continual re-evaluation, but that broad assessment is essential at critical moments in history.
As is often the case with this book series, the concluding, forward-thinking comments at that point in history are the most interesting:
"England is too full of symbols without the underlying realities. It has taken another war to give concrete expression to the words 'national service," to know more closely the English-speaking people and clarify the value which all freedom-loving people hold in common. If England is to be a champion of an alternative new order and the victory is to be not only over Germany, but over a false set of values, then the schools and the whole spirit and apparatus of education must begin to express it here and now. ... If children are to take their place in a world of good neighbors and rebuild the broken communities, they must learn something more than reading, writing and arithmetic. Literacy is not enough. They must learn to do things together in common service, as many schools are discovering in war as some discovered in peace."
As is often the case with this book series, the concluding, forward-thinking comments at that point in history are the most interesting:
"England is too full of symbols without the underlying realities. It has taken another war to give concrete expression to the words 'national service," to know more closely the English-speaking people and clarify the value which all freedom-loving people hold in common. If England is to be a champion of an alternative new order and the victory is to be not only over Germany, but over a false set of values, then the schools and the whole spirit and apparatus of education must begin to express it here and now. ... If children are to take their place in a world of good neighbors and rebuild the broken communities, they must learn something more than reading, writing and arithmetic. Literacy is not enough. They must learn to do things together in common service, as many schools are discovering in war as some discovered in peace."
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